NHS
Senior Registered Nurse
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Job Description
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- To provide a service of high-quality palliative care nursing to patients and families.
- To act as a resource for professionals and non-professionals involved in palliative care.
- To mentor, support and develop junior staff.
- Assessment of more complex patient conditions and support to junior staff in clinical decision making.
- Provide informal teaching through role modelling and mentoring.
- To maintain effective communication and professional relationships with patients and those important to them, the hospice multi-disciplinary team, and external professionals.
- An NMC Registration
- Further study in appropriate area or willing to work towards
- Have an awareness of the clinical needs of the whole department
- Awareness, understanding and experience of the principles and philosophy of palliative care
- Recognises the need for evidence-based practice and continued professional development
- A comprehensive understanding of symptom control in palliative care
- Understanding of clinical governance, including audit and regulatory work
- Ability to assess, provide and evaluate high standards of care without supervision
- Ability to work effectively within the multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to supervise unqualified and newly qualified staff
- Ability to plan and balance priorities
- Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
- Up to 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- On-site education support and study leave opportunities
- Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
- Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
- Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in Service
- To provide a service of high-quality palliative care nursing to patients and families.
- To act as a resource for professionals and non-professionals involved in palliative care.
- To mentor, support and develop junior staff.
- Assessment of more complex patient conditions and support to junior staff in clinical decision making.
- Provide informal teaching through role modelling and mentoring.
- To maintain effective communication and professional relationships with patients and those important to them, the hospice multi-disciplinary team, and external professionals.
- An NMC Registration
- Further study in appropriate area or willing to work towards
- Have an awareness of the clinical needs of the whole department
- Awareness, understanding and experience of the principles and philosophy of palliative care
- Recognises the need for evidence-based practice and continued professional development
- A comprehensive understanding of symptom control in palliative care
- Understanding of clinical governance, including audit and regulatory work
- Ability to assess, provide and evaluate high standards of care without supervision
- Ability to work effectively within the multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to supervise unqualified and newly qualified staff
- Ability to plan and balance priorities
- Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
- Up to 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- On-site education support and study leave opportunities
- Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
- Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
- Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in Service
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Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Senior Registered Nurse for our inpatient unit. For full details, please see Job Description below
Main duties of the job
To provide a service of high-quality palliative care nursing to patients and families.
For full details, please see Job Description below
About us
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
Details
Date posted
13 May 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£37,872 to £44,558 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
VPF09DFA4E
Job locations
Hove
BN3 7LW
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Inteview Date: 28 May 2025
About the role
The Senior Registered Nurse has responsibility for supporting the Head of Inpatient Services, Sisters and wider Inpatient Unit Team.
The focus of this role is on the day-to-day delivery of excellence in quality care provision. The post holder will be required to take charge of a shift on a regular basis and provide nurse leadership as required.
Key Duties
Essential criteria
About us
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK.We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.
Chestnut Tree Houseis the childrens hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.
Benefits
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Job responsibilities
Inteview Date: 28 May 2025
About the role
The Senior Registered Nurse has responsibility for supporting the Head of Inpatient Services, Sisters and wider Inpatient Unit Team.
The focus of this role is on the day-to-day delivery of excellence in quality care provision. The post holder will be required to take charge of a shift on a regular basis and provide nurse leadership as required.
Key Duties
Essential criteria
About us
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK.We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.
Chestnut Tree Houseis the childrens hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.
Benefits
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
General Requirements
Essential
Desirable
General Requirements
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Southern Hospice Group
Address
Hove
BN3 7LW
Employer's website
https://www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Southern Hospice Group
Address
Hove
BN3 7LW
Employer's website
https://www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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